Temporal Trends of Venous Thromboembolism Risk Before and After Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis

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• 作者：Sebastian Unizony ; Na Lu ; Gunnar Tomasson ; Yuqing Zhang ; Peter A. Merkel ; John H. Stone ; J. Antonio Aviñ ; a-Zubieta and Hyon K. Choi
• 刊名：Arthritis & Rheumatism
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：69
• 期：1
• 页码：176-184
• 全文大小：140K
• ISSN：1529-0131

文摘

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) and the use of glucocorticoids have both been associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). However, the possibility of confounding by indication has not been investigated. We undertook this study to examine the temporal risk of VTE in GCA patients before and after GCA diagnosis, accounting for confounders including glucocorticoid treatment.